Alabama · Private foundation
Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $868k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 35
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 37 | $868k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $864k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $807k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $826k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $845k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $819k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $921k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $881k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Hospital Foundation Inc | $1,451,000 | 8 | 47% |
| Children's Harbor Inc | $901,000 | 8 | 3% |
| University of South Alabama | $171,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Lake Martin Humane Society Inc | $114,000 | 8 | 9% |
| Main Street Alexander City Inc | $102,000 | 8 | 20% |
| Alexander City Meals on Wheels | $77,000 | 8 | 11% |
| Auburn University | $41,250 | 8 | n/a |
| Tuskegee University | $27,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Tukabatchee Area Council Boy Scouts of America | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Berry College Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Hospital Foundation Inc | $1,451,000 | 8 | 47% |
| Children's Harbor Inc | $901,000 | 8 | 3% |
| University of South Alabama | $171,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Lake Martin Humane Society Inc | $114,000 | 8 | 9% |
| Main Street Alexander City Inc | $102,000 | 8 | 20% |
| Alexander City Meals on Wheels | $77,000 | 8 | 11% |
| Auburn University | $41,250 | 8 | n/a |
| Tuskegee University | $27,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Tukabatchee Area Council Boy Scouts of America | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Berry College Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Backpack Buddies Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Birmingham-Southern College | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Samford University | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alexander City Schools Education Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Miles College Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Savannah College of Art and DesignInc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ga Southwestern St Univ | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Liberty University Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Adelia Russell Charitable Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc
- How much does Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc give?
- Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc reported 37 grants totaling $867,891 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (52%), Health (35%), Religion (5%).
- Who are Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Russell Hospital Foundation Inc ($1.5M), Children's Harbor Inc ($901k), University of South Alabama ($171k).
- Does Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Adelia Russell Charitable Foundation, Alabama Power Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc based?
- Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc is based in AL.
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